Who wrote the PS2 Vs. DC article, and what were they smoking?
Wow, hey, let's take a helluva lot of time to explain the technicalities of the fact that Dreamcast is more powerful.
Dude. Everyone knows that DC is more powerful and has more "technical potential", as some call it. No kidding!
You missed something. DC didn't use that potential. DC's games ROT. They look smooth, they're slick and stylish. Great graphics, great data handling.. craptacular games. Sonic is nice, I'll give it that. Shenmue is ok. Ecco is. . hm. Half-decent? If that.
What are you, obsessed with racing games? You cannot judge a system on one genre. You have to look at everything - as you put it, "open your eyes." In fact, related to that.."the speed and power of F355 Challenge or Test Drive: LeMans 24, and the sheer elegance and gaming grace of games like Metropolis Street Racer and Jet Grind Radio"
Apparently, that's all you've seen about MSG2:SoL. Have you not played it? Have you not beaten it? If you had, you'd have seen something: There is a reason that 99.9% of reviewers and gamers - and not just PS2-based reviewers and gamers - have said that this is ( to quote one esteeemed review in particular )..If one full motion video demo of Metal Gear Solid 2 has convinced you that the PS2 is the better machine, then you haven't opened your eyes to the reality before you.
Metal Gear Solid ONE, on the PSX, was better than almost every DC game to date, with the slight possibility of Sonic as an exception. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty totally and utterly blew DC away. If you'd really like me to delve deeper into the game itself of MGS2:SoL, then ask away in a new topic - here, this isn't the time."99 Percent of Perfection."
It's time to get back to this article.
Let's now examine something entirely different from system specs, from games, from graphics and interfaces: the fact that it's a badly, badly written little debate. "PS2 Vs. DC," states the title. This implies that you've got both sides of the story - evidence supporting each system, but proving that DC is still better.
Simply put, you don't. All you have is ( in basic terms, for those who don't want to get bogged down in technical jargon )..
1) How DC has better graphics
2) Why the two PS2 games you have listed suck compared to the handful of DC games you have listed
3) Why DC is "more powerful"
Not only does this small grouping of sparsely thrown-together "points" not work well at all for a full-blown argument, but you then go on and completely forget about the most important factor in every single Console out there, saving a few pitiful exceptions near the end..
The Games
My, oh my. Let's take a look at some quotes, shall we?
Snicker."The fact of the matter is that Namco's 18 month old Soul Calibur on Dreamcast looks worlds better than the newly released Tekken Tag Tournament on PS2."
Are you high, drunk, or just retarded? Comparing Soul Caliber to Tekken Tag Tournament is like comparing a fly to a Jaguar. You just can't. Tekken Tag Tournament, in every single possibly way, is much... much... much, much, much better than Soul Caliber. There can be no doubt at all in the sane ( or at least intelligent ) mind. I'm not even sure why you think it at all. Apparently, folks, the writer of this here article seems to be delusional - or psychotic.
Next, please.
Another snicker."This is why you never see any really large free-roaming 3D games on the PS2. Crazy Taxi, Ecco the Dolphin, and Shenmue are simply not possible on the PS2, because it doesn't have deferred rendering."
First off, have you seen Rogue Trip? Old, old game, and certainly not comparable to the more recent installations of Crazy Taxi ( which, by the way, I must deem as a great game - I highly enjoy playing it ). But it does serve to prove that you CAN go into free-roaming 3D on the PSX - and the PS2. Also, there are parts in MGS2 that go completely 3D free-roam ( such as when Raiden swims through the flooded B2 floor of an office ). Of course, this small section of the game doesn't compare to a large, entire free-roaming world. However, it does prove once more that it is possible. PS2 just hasn't taken the time to do it.
Perhaps it's because Ecco the Dolphin, the highly abhorrid and utterly stupid game, scared the idea out of them.
Games, games, games..
I'm not sure if you realize this, but just by writing that statement makes you look like a newbie to the Gaming world. True, hardcore gamers know that Graphics alone absolutely do not make a game - they only support it. Take a look at Rogue. For those of you who do not remember Rogue, it was the very first graphical RPG made for the computer - it used dots, ampersands, commas, etc. as graphics.. and is still one of the best RPG's I've played. It can be a bit repetitive, sure, but I'd much rather sit down with it for an hour than ( ugh ) Ecco. ( Yes, I know, I've said Ecco twice. Calm down. I'll probably use that game as a standard for dastardly bad gaming for a while here. )"Lack of variety in texturing has made most PS2 games look extremely plain when compared to Dreamcast games like Sonic Adventure, Shenmue, and even Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm."
Anyway, using that line in your article is just wrong, and certainly cannot be taken as a true point.
Alright, it's almost 3 AM and I need sleep . .
I'll be back sometime soon to write up why PS2 is clearly better than DC.
I'll give you a hint: Games. Games .. games and more games. In the meantime, read this. Think it over. And to whoever wrote that criminally bad article... well. You have my regards. May you better yourself in the future ( at least for the people on this site ).
-Regicide-
) and undeniably the best 2D fighting games on the market all on DC... 
